The Uventus players, the manager, and the coaching staff walked down the tunnel to the lineup spot and the starting lineup began lining up behind the referees alongside the Bayern players who had also just arrived.
While the players lined up, the fourth official quickly went around to check the players' shooting boots, shin guards, and their kits, to ensure that everything was in place and the kits were not illegal.
This was a normal thing done to ensure that the players were not endangered by wearing illegal studs, not using their shin guards, or wearing jewelry.
Both the starting lineup players and the others were checked and less than a minute later, the referees began marching forward, cameras on them as they began walking out to the field.
Walking behind with the substitutes, Jason glanced at the opposing team's players.
He already knew from the final tactical meeting that Pirlo had been mostly correct about the expected lineups.
